- The process of professionalization of nurses, the historical path of nursing care and regulatory references.
- What are the elements that constitute the nursing discipline.
- Some nursing theories with particular attention to the school of needs.
- The concepts of the Discipline: man, health, environment and nursing care.
- An Italian theoretical model: Il Modello delle Prestazioni Infermieristiche (MPI) and the concepts according to the MPI.
- The nursing care method.
- Professional culture today.
- The main working areas of the nurse.
- Ethics and deontology in the nursing profession: principles, values and reference to the Code of Ethics.